Dear Rob

Thank you for your email, which has been forwarded to the correct
department for follow-up.

Kind regards,

PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM
NZ POLICE

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-----Rob Warner <[OIA #1568 email]> wrote:
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To: OIA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Rob Warner <[OIA #1568 email]>
Date: 25/03/2014 12:28PM
Subject: Official Information Act request - Auckland CBD offence
statistics by age

Dear New Zealand Police,

I am seeking statistics for the Auckland City Central Area, by month,
for the period January 1996 - February 2014, covering:
(a) All violence offences where the scene was recorded as a "public
place"
(b) All disorder offences

Specifically I am seeking the distribution by:
(a) age band (in particular 12-14, 15-17,18-20,21-23 etc. bands), and
(b) mean age

Additionally, I am seeking the age band and mean age distribution by:
(a) number of offences committed PER HOUR between the hours of 1800
(6pm) and 0600 (6am)

If you could please supply these statistics - or an appropriate
alternative if these exact ones are not available (such as 1996-2013 if
2014 is unavailable).

Yours faithfully,

Rob

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Dear Mr Warner

 

I refer to your Official Information Act request of 25 march 2014 for
information about Auckland CBD offence statistics by age.

 

Pursuant to section 15A of the Official Information Act 1982, I advise you
of the requirement to extend the time limit to respond to your requests. 
The period of the extension is until 19 May 2014.

 

The reason for the extension is that the time required to research and
collate the requested information and for the consultations necessary to
make a decision on the request are such that a proper response cannot
reasonably be made within the original time limit.

 

You have the right, under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act
1982, to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review my decision to extend
the time limit for deciding upon your request.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Raewyn Thomson

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Mr Warner

 

I refer to your request received on 25 March 2014 under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA) relating to information on disorder and public
violence statistics for Auckland CBD for the period from January 1996 to
February 2014.

 

Attached are the following tables for the monthly breakdown of recorded
apprehensions for the years ending 31 December 1996 to 2013 for public
place assault and disorder offences within Auckland Central Station:

 

·         Recorded apprehensions by specified age band

·         Mean age of offender by year and month

·         Recorded apprehensions by specified hour band and age band

·         Mean age by year and month

·         Mean age of offender by year, month and specified hour band

 

Official Statistics are published three months after the end of each
fiscal (30 June) or calendar (31 December) year. Therefore, your request
for statistics for the year 2014 is refused under section 18(g) of the OIA
as the information is not held.

 

Please note that the apprehension data provided are based on the time
offences occurred. Often, this time is not known precisely, so police
record both the earliest and the latest times an offence could have
occurred. The midpoint of these two times is used where the precise time
of the offence is unknown.

 

I trust this information meets your needs. As you may already be aware,
you have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to seek a review of my
handling of your request by the Office of the Ombudsmen.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

Gavin Knight

Manager: Statistics

Police National Headquarters

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Hi Rob,
 
Attached as requested are the revised tables.
 
I trust this helps.
 
Best regards,
 
 

Obert Cinco
Supervising Statistics Officer | Statistical Services Unit | New Zealand
Police
P   +64 4 474 8866  |  Extn: 44466   |  E   [1][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street PO Box 3017,
Wellington 6140

Safer Communities Together
 

-----Rob Warner <[OIA #1568 email]> wrote:
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To: <[email address]>
From: Rob Warner <[OIA #1568 email]>
Date: 12/05/2014 12:04
Subject: Re: Official Information Act request - Auckland CBD offence
statistics by age

Dear New Zealand Police,

thank you for compiling the information supplied so far.

Insofar as the "by age-band" request went you supplied only 2-14,
15-17,18-20,21-23 and "24 and above" on the sheet called "Age Group".

My request asked for: "age band (in particular 12-14, 15-17,18-20,21-23
etc. bands)" > please note: "etc."

Can you please supply, for that table alone, further age bands upwards
instead of merely "24 and over" as supplied.

In the least I would like 24-26, 27-29 and 30-32. '33 and over' I am happy
to receive as a single grouping.

Since this specific detail was already contained in the first instance I
would appreciate if you could supply this information on the time-line of
the initial request, or as soon as is practicable.

Yours faithfully,

Rob

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Hi Rob,
 
The breakdown of the specific offences comprising the disorder and assault
offences are available on the Statistics New Zealand website
([1]www.stats.govt.nz). You can drill down on the "Assault" and
"Disorderly Conduct" offence categories to see the offences under it.
 
I trust this helps.
 
Regards,
 

Obert Cinco
Supervising Statistics Officer | Statistical Services Unit | New Zealand
Police
P   +64 4 474 8866  |  Extn: 44466   |  E   [2][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street PO Box 3017,
Wellington 6140

Safer Communities Together

 

-----Rob Warner <[OIA #1568 email]> wrote:
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To: <[email address]>
From: Rob Warner <[OIA #1568 email]>
Date: 23/06/2014 12:14
Subject: Re: Re: Official Information Act request - Auckland CBD offence
statistics by age

Dear New Zealand Police,

could I please have supplied the incident codes which this data relates
to. If it could be added to the existing spreadsheet fine, otherwise a
separate document detailing which codes are included in each of the Public
place assault, and public place disorder statistics supplied.

Yours faithfully,

Rob Warner

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